UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
一个中年离异男，一会想搞画展，一会想睡中年离异女，一会给中年离异女带娃，一会想跟中年女大款胡搞，一会想掺和儿子的恋爱，一会被修鞋匠忽悠，一会被老妈不停的骂十三点，一会跟好朋友翻脸，最后好朋友死了，画展也办成了的故事。没有主线，人物混乱，没用的纸片人众多，内容全靠水词堆砌，拍摄去导演化，基本是个电视剧拍法，从头到尾也不知道到底要说什么，结尾还突然跳线到了男二号身上，男二号成了核心焦点，还拿索菲亚罗兰开了个李春平的玩笑，也不知道跟男一号有什么关系，十分莫名其妙。如果不是这些好演员，大概这个混乱叙事，这个电视剧拍法，结果可能不会像现在这么好。
非常智慧有趣的轻喜剧爱情片，轻盈洒脱，机锋暗藏；描摹人情世态，臧否两性话题。如江南精致小菜，甜酸适口，淡有余味。我的年度惊喜华语电影之选！
啊张芝华！每次去上海好像都是住类似的地方……想起最后一次去上海也还是和某老师一起去的。。。电影很不错了，看得很开心，觉得每个女生的白眼都翻得超好的！
什么时候内地观众审美这么开放了？居然能容得下这样悬浮文艺视角下的中年爱情故事？女权台词这么多也没被冲？全上海话台词也没被喷？这种欧洲风格作者电影明明只有豆瓣er才爱看！江女士评价此片：男女还是他妈不公平。你看徐峥胖得跟猪一样还有片拍，剧情还是三个美女围着他转。你看吴越，倪虹洁和马伊琍一个比一个瘦，腿都跟筷子一样。一看就是为了能有戏拍没少饿着。
雪天一盆火，苦药一勺糖。有房、离异、文艺、颓唐，不爱出厅堂，挺会下厨房。男人共情的是我熬了半辈子鲫鱼汤也该老来one night stand，女人幻想的是我倔了几十年总会有半个肩膀一袋吃食。沪上当然是精致的摆盘，但每一个要素都戳在普通话审美霸权的肋眼上，你能怎么样呢？导演一等一聪明，端上一锅老少咸宜浓淡适中的汤。微信里来来回回差半步就是油腻，牺牲了老乌总算是有了妥当的圆场。中国每年应该有十部这样的作品，一不小心让它出头了，其实真不是故意的。
就是你们总宣传离婚以后更潇洒自在，还能遇上真爱，才有那么多人动不动就离婚。实际上离婚带着孩子的女人很难再找到共度下半生的另一半了。能找到的都是运气极好的。好男人都是被很多女人追着围着，中等的男人也是被伴侣抓的死死的，只剩下差等的男人单着。当然了，如果婚姻实在很痛苦还是要坚决离婚的。大部分的婚姻，我只想说珍惜眼前人。
大部分人都在世俗里白活了一辈子，美其名曰热爱生活，而上海人对这种空虚的人生充满自信，让那些外地人羡慕不已。
最后说到上海。以我浅薄的六个月的观察，上海果真就像电影里一样，漫溢着仪式感。白老师拎着一万六的Jimmy Choo走在暖黄色路灯下的影子；鞋匠装在铁饭盒里的下午茶蛋糕；桌子要铺上桌布、煎蛋要煎成心形。想对上海随处可见的露天咖啡桌和圣诞树说一句：灵啊灵啊。
必须用“灵”来形容此片——灵动的气息轻盈而美妙，痛点与笑点均触动得犀利而含蓄，正如成年人之间的推拉进退一般，点到为止地暗流涌动，即使在被生活捶过一遍遍后仍有接受改变的勇气，台面上的机锋交错与美术馆三人对话堪称名场面；精准把握当前语境的命脉，对女性的情感观和生存价值标准有令人舒适的把控，甚至侧写了有关“男孩化妆”的话题，以及男性的自我调侃自黑都是极易拉好感的。
“这电影在讲什么啦”，“看也看不懂”，“这跟爱情有啥关系”。
雪天一盆火，苦药一勺糖。有房、离异、文艺、颓唐，不爱出厅堂，挺会下厨房。男人共情的是我熬了半辈子鲫鱼汤也该老来one night stand，女人幻想的是我倔了几十年总会有半个肩膀一袋吃食。沪上当然是精致的摆盘，但每一个要素都戳在普通话审美霸权的肋眼上，你能怎么样呢？导演一等一聪明，端上一锅老少咸宜浓淡适中的汤。微信里来来回回差半步就是油腻，牺牲了老乌总算是有了妥当的圆场。中国每年应该有十部这样的作品，一不小心让它出头了，其实真不是故意的。
在洪常秀之后，拍餐桌戏却无人动筷是不讲究的。
下坡路逃得匆忙，会崴坏高跟鞋；
上海、上海人就是电影里的样子吧？这是我走出电影院后，萦绕心脑的一个疑问。虽然这部电影名字叫《爱情神话》，我觉得不是说爱情，更像是在展现海派文化。既有江南的古典和雅致，又有国际大都市的现代与时尚。种族多元，认知多元。连修鞋的大叔都在喝咖啡说英语讲哲学。还有混血儿，不，外国人都在说沪语，简直是笑死。印象最深的是他们第一次偶遇聚会，对吃饭剩饭家猫野猫的讨论，太搞笑了。观影的过程大部分时间都在笑，那个小玛雅很出彩。直到最后才认出老乌，原来是林教头啊。
不知道是我的要求变高了，还是大家的要求变低了，真的觉得很多情节是在充时长，设计感很明显，有点拙劣，Justin还是请不要拍影视剧了吧。
“爱情神话”感动我的点在于，它的迷影情结远不止于电影本身，而是因为电影的记忆浇灌了我们庸常的现实，我们得以存续、理解他人、建立联系，而这是电影给我最珍贵的东西。缺点是女性主义表达太过生硬，大银幕上听见“我替中国男导演道歉”和刻意的一些女权宣言，有种假他人之口承己之意的感觉，片尾那个《爱说教的男人》朋友圈分享还挺细节，多拍女人欲望，少让女人讲大话，也许会更好。
感觉导演在努力营造出一种“格调”出来，不是那种假模假式的装腔作势，而是一群人融入自己的生活后展现出的一种舒适状态，但问题是整个圈层立在了精致有闲的小资阶级之上，导致整体显得有些失真。
“我以前热爱生活，现在我更加热爱生活。同时，生活让我觉得恐怖，难以深入。因此，我虽相信，却持有疑虑。是的，我愿意相信，我愿意活着，永远。”
作为一个土生土长的上海人，我表示这不是我长大的生活的那个上海，完全不接地气，我朋友说得非常形象，就是小红书里的上海，以为在做很洋气的事情，我离开上海这么几年，哪能就成这样了呢？虽然都是在说上海话，但台词假得不行，做作得不行得！徐峥和马伊琍感觉上就是很久很久没在生活中讲过上海话了，每一句话说出来都不对，我和我上海同学不这么说话，我和我爹妈更不这么说话！徐峥还要假惺惺地做菜，这架势我还以为他是为了拍视频传上网！最后一群人看盗版的费里尼看得快睡着，我笑死了！然而看完我都不知道看了个什么东西，中年人恋爱，我也没看出什么智慧或是浪漫，还蛮尴尬的。全片我最喜欢的就是周野芒的老乌了。
真好。
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